Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23

! members of the committee The committee
shall have power to I'LL vacancies IN It's own
number or any offices. The executive com,
mittec have general management OF analrs OF
the league wnen the convention Is not Ill ses-
sion. have control of all funds of the league
subject to the direction of the conNentlon'
and have general supervision of the organlHa,
lions composing the league, ana he charged
| with the duty of organizing new CLUBS ana
city county or state leagues. Whenever adj
visable, the committee shall be called TO-
gether by the president OF the league llnI
| mediatey after the convention, ana snail
then organze. 1t shall make Its own iu'es
and hold meetings at such times and places as
it shall determine. a meeting may be called
at any time by the chalrman.cand must be
called by him when requested by III mem
bers in writing. The duties of the officers
shall be such as are usually performed 10y ike
officers, and may be regulated by the execu-
tive committee. The secretary shall receive
| a salary, the amount OF which shali oe hxed
from time to time by the executive COM
mittee
The league shall not in any manner en-
I dcavor to influence the action of any national,
! State county or municipal convention, nor
| Indicate as IA league auy preference for any
, candidate before any political convention,
nor as Il league receive any person as appll-
cant for any official position. The officers of
! the executive committee shall he elected by
| the state leagues at the national convention
now in session, each organization casting one
vote for PRESIDENT secretary ana treasurer
and jointly elect a vice president and mem
| Der of the elective committee from Such state
and the officers and executive committee so
elected shall serve until the election OF their
successors at the first convention OF the league
! TO toe called by the executive committee our
! ing the year 1888
The following permanent officers of the
convention were elected President, v IL
liam NJ. Evarts of New York, one vice
president fromieach State including w. G.
Smith of Vermont and 10 secretaries in
Guiding G. ). Forbes of Vermont.
The report of the committee on perma-
nent organization was adopted and recess
till p. m. was taken. At p. m Gen. q.
5. Batcheler gave compiled report from
the committee on credentials, showing
$50 clubs were represented by 1858 dele
gates. After Chairman Evarts had taken
his seat there were repeated calls for Gen.
Golf, who climbed the platform, and made
speech. He told why the Southern repub-
licans are republicans.
He said the party could win with
Hawley Evarts, Hiscock, Phil sheridan
or Blame. Cheers followed each name.
The mention of Blaine aroused the great
est applause. John A. kasson of Iowa
read the report of the committee on reso
lutions.
The platform is of great length and
gives the running record of the work and
principles of the republican party since
the organization a. compared with those
of their opponents. 1t says the party
has always been devoted to the highest
instincts of human nature and the educa-
ton of the masses 1t had freed the
slaves, fought the war and provided for
the vast debt by a system of taxation
which proved a productive source of ma
tional wealth, 1t enforced the Monroe |
doctrine, supported sound currency, re-
deemed every promise and rescued the
country from embarrassment and debt 1t
established a credit beyond any other ma |
ton, Increased the territory by Alaska, |
admitted four new States, organized and |
opened up five new territories, and III |
itiated the work of civil service reform |
The platform announces that it is the flu |
ture work of the party to eradicate poly
gamy and abolish ignorance and lntem- |
perance, the triplets of barbarism. 1t |
speaks as follows of the presidents mes
sage;
The constitution requires the president to
give Congress information of the state of the
Union. Every president from Washington
to Arthur has annually performed his duty |
with dignity. This president has descended
so far from their practice as to allow himself
to convert his constitutional duty into par |
tislE speech for Il complete overthrow of the |
policy recommended by the founders of the |
government, especially endorsed by his ear |
hest predecessors in Office. We therefore |
cal the attention of our countrymcn to the |
FACTS of our recent history under the lnilu' |
ence of the system of protection. The princi- |
pies ofthe protective tariff was adopted ia 1861 |
during the war of the rebellion. For four years |
after Its adoption the war continued paraiy- |
eng business industries, rendering a large |
portion of the country overIun by the con-
tending armies almost waste; yet such has
been the beneticent influence and effect OF |
the protective sys EN- to-day there is not an |
other example found in the world or the |
records of the past where nation ever made
the progress we have made during Il ike per- |
lod OF time.
The various benefits accrued under pro-
lection are recited at length. The resolu- |
tiOns close with Is declarations refusing |
TO abandon home protection, predicting |
disaster under the democratic policy, de-
lNtafy
presidents message which favors foreign |
rather than home laborers and industries, |
urging the substitution of home for for |
eign competition and the develop
ment of home markets and man
ufactures by means of cheap ON |
munication between the STAGES and rer-
rltories, denouncing the democratic House
for not admitting as States the Terri |
tories having sufficient population, con
demnlng the same for hostility to meas
ures for broad and popular education,
insisting on a free and honest ballot in |
every State, charging the democratic party |
with failure to build a navy and prepare
seacoaSt defenses, charging the democratic |
administration with culpable weakness in |
defending American industries, individual
rights on the high seas and in foreign |
lands, condemning the democratic prosti- |
tuition of the civil service to partisan pur
poses, and charging the president with |
ignoring the Just claims of soldiers.
After some discussion the report was
unanimously accepted. Eustis of Mime
sofa tried twice to get vote on his resolu- |
ton condemning the nomination of La
mar to the Supreme Court. 1t was ruled
out of order An audience of moderate
size listened at Chickering Hall tonight
to speeches by Col. John Atkinson of
Michigan, Galusha Grow of Pennsylvania,
Hon X. e. Horn of Michigan, Judge
King of Queenstown, Ohio, Wallace Bruce
of Poughkeepsie, A. j. Lester of Illinois
and Others. Adjourned to 10 a. m.